Stringer is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in southwestern Jasper County

Jasper County, Mississippi

-History:Jasper County was formed in 1833 from the middle section of what been Jones County. It was named for Sgt. William Jasper who first distinguished himself in the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776. When a shell from a British warship shot away the flagstaff, he recovered the flag, raised it on...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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, United States

United States

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. It lies at the intersections of State Highways 15

Mississippi State Highway 15

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 and County Road 10, just north of Mississippi State Highway 533, between Bay Springs

Bay Springs, Mississippi

Bay Springs is a city in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census. It is located at the intersection of state highways 15 and 18. The area was settled in the 1880s by Joe Blankenship, who built the saw mill that became the town's industrial base...

 and Laurel

Laurel, Mississippi

Laurel is a city located in Jones County in Mississippi, a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,393 although a significant population increase has been reported following Hurricane Katrina. Located in southeast Mississippi, southeast of...

. The population was 2,406 at the 2000 census.

Education

Stringer Attendance Center is the school. The school is rated by the Mississippi Department of Education High Performing and is planning to make Star School this 2011-2012 school year.

Band

Stringer Maroon Pride Band won two championships in Division 1A and the band went to Washington, D.C. to represent the state of Mississippi in the National Memorial Day Parade.